nullification
IPA: nʌɫʌfʌkˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or no legal effect.
- The nullification crisis in U.S. history, confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–33 over the former's attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832.
- (neologism) Surgical removal of genitals (and sometimes nipples) as a form of body modification; a person who has undergone this surgery is a nullo.
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Examples of "nullification" in Sentences
- Jury nullification instructions.
- Legal challenge and nullification.
- Of course there can be jury nullification.
- Sincerity and nullification awaken wonder.
- Gadsden had supported nullification in 1831.
- Requesting the nullification of the poll above.
- Nullification was both an argument and an issue.
- This is commonly referred to as jury nullification.
- Nullification crisis, political representation, and rising sectionalism.
- Sincerity and self nullification are the vessels for transcendent wonder.
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